Pesnja Selima (Lermontov, set by M. Balakirev) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Mesjats plyvjot, i tih i spokojen,
A junosha-vojin na bitvu idjot.
Ruzhjo zarjazhajet dzhigit,
A deva jemu govorit:
,,Moj milyj, smeleje vverjajsja ty roku,
Molisja vostoku, bud' veren proroku,
Ljubvi bud' vernej.
Lubvi izmenivshij izmenoj krovavoj,
Vraga ne srazivshij, pogibnet bez slavy;
Dozhdi jego ran nje obmojut,
Zveri kostej nje zarojut!``
Mesjats plyvet, i tih i spokojen,
A junosha-vojin na bitvu idet.
A junosha-vojin na bitvu idet.

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Authorship

Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814-1841)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (1837-1910)

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